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John of the bosom without being brought to the green,* 
Without a stroke, the only one to die, 
’ The Jews that killed the perfect Simon; 
And with stones was Stephen killed; 
May my protection be on them all if they will, 
Through the grace of the King who is not despicable. 
' Save, O spotless Christ, 
The soul of O’ Maelchonaire 
From the awful blasts of hell, 
In which are habitations very despicable. 
With fol. 10 commences the narrative of St. Matthew’s 
Gospel, accompanied by a most copious catena, which, how- 
ever, stops at the beginning of the twenty-seventh chapter. 
In some cases the matter of the notes grew to such an extent 
_ upon the scribe that the margins were insufficient to contain 
_. them, and he was obliged to insert between the regular folios 
slips of vellum, of half the breadth of the ordinary page. 
On upper margin of fol. 11 4 are introduced two quatrains 
in a delicate hand, comprised in two lines: 
Coie mile man m cach 
Serea mile pfp napmach 
Oo pil lacorb ip eol vam 
Imm oen mnai vo pochnacan 
Timcell ban ocup mace min 
Tnebe beooa bemamin 
Ocup cimcell mo arp polao 
Fop muincip labip salao. 
Five thousand, great the battalion, 
And seventy thousand armed men, 
Of the seed of Jacob, it is known to me, 
On account of one woman they all fell. 
* The green or plain of execution. 
